[kwlug-disc] OT: Mouser electronics experiences?

[Ron Singh]

Huh! Spoke too soon! I am now getting this trying to get past the login
window.
"https://www.digikey.ca/404"
and when I go to the home page, I get three and can then navigate to other
pages.
Odd.

Ron S.



On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 9:16 PM Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Works for me,got the home page quickly, but getting the login window did
> take about 8-9 seconds.
> My Digikey cookies were cleared since the last time I used this laptop(3
> days ago).
>
> Ron S.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 8:57 PM CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Did I pick a bad time to check out https://www.digikey.ca ?  I keep
>> getting 403 errors.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 7:36 PM R. Brent Clements <rbclemen at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have purchased 3 or 4 times from Mouser in the last 5 years.  It has
>>> been more than a decade since I purchased from Digikey.  Never had any
>>> problems with either.  I admit that I did choose Mouser initially when I
>>> saw they had a local office, and was surprised when it shipped from Texas
>>> (I think), but it was reasonably timely.
>>>
>>> Brent
>>>
>>> On Tue, 9 May 2023 at 19:25, Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I also have good results shopping at Future Electronics.
>>>> (https://www.futureelectronics.com/)
>>>> Weirdly, I have had 2 recent purchases for BJTs, FETs and other
>>>> discretes coming in at a lower price than my usual go-to, Mouser.
>>>> Yep, the holy trinity, Digi-Key, Mouser and Future.
>>>> Now, does anyone have a decent lead on best-priced-place to get Vishay
>>>> caps?
>>>> Them things are pretty dear:-(
>>>>
>>>> Ron S.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 6:53 PM Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account)
>>>> via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > On May 9, 2023, at 6:35 PM, Charles M <chaslinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I was looking at buying some electronics parts and noticed Sayal
>>>>> > didn't have what I needed, but found mouser.ca and noticed they're
>>>>> in
>>>>> > Kitchener. Has anyone been there, do they have a physical store you
>>>>> > can walk in, or is this a warehouse you just order online from?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Good evening, Charles,
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately no. The Kitchener location is only sales/support
>>>>> offices. They ship out of the US, just like Digi-Key. That said, both of
>>>>> these companies are very, very good. I find Mouser’s prices to be slightly
>>>>> cheaper in general, but Digi-Key’s search and site are much, much better. I
>>>>> often end up using Digi-Key’s site to find what I’m after, then
>>>>> spot-checking Mouser’s prices and if the price difference is great enough
>>>>> (and I get both carts over the free shipping thresholds) I’ll often buy
>>>>> from Mouser.
>>>>>
>>>>> -A.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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